Durga Khote

Durga Khote
Durga Khote
	Khote in Mughal E Azam (1960)
Born	Vita Lad; 14 January 1905; Bombay, Bombay Presidency, British India (present-day Mumbai, Maharashtra, India)
Died	22 September 1991 (aged 86); Bombay, Maharashtra, India
Occupations	Actress; film producer;
Years active	1931–1983
Family	Viju Khote (nephew) ; Shubha Khote(niece) ; Bhavna Balsavar (grand-niece)
Awards	BFJA Award for Best Actress; Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress;
Honours	Padma Shri (1968); Maharashtra State Award (1970); Dadasaheb Phalke Award (1983);

Durga Khote (14 January 1905 − 22 September 1991) was an Indian actress, beginning as one of the foremost leading ladies of her time. She remained active in Hindi and Marathi cinema, as well as theatre, for over 50 years, starring in around 200 films and numerous theatre productions.

In 2000, in a millennium issue, India Today named her among "100 People Who Shaped India", noting: "Durga Khote marks the pioneering phase for women in Indian Cinema", she was one of the first women from respectable families to enter the film industry, thus breaking a social taboo.

She also ranks among the top ten actresses in mother roles in Hindi cinema, most notable among them were as Jodhabai in K. Asif's Mughal-e-Azam (1960), which earned her a nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress; as Kaikeyi in Vijay Bhatt's classic Bharat Milap (1942); her other memorable roles as mother were in Charnon Ki Dasi (1941); Mirza Ghalib (1954); Bobby (1973) and Bidaai (1974), winning the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress for the lattermost. She has received the highest award in Indian cinema, the Dadasaheb Phalke Award (1983), for lifetime contribution to Indian cinema.

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